Our
beautiful 4 bedroom home on the edge of a village in the
mountains. The nearest town is Gois (15km), with several
villages closer. It is 1 hours drive from Coimbra and the
nearby Serra D’estrelas for Skiing. This house has served
as our family home for the past 9 years. We built it ourselves
from scratch but have sadly had to return to the UK recently and
leave it behind.

Second large living room area at rear with log burner and stairs
leading to bedrooms.

Bathroom/Toilet.

Guest
room.

First
floor:

Front
study room leading from living room stairs.

Rear
of house:

1
master bedroom with small adjoining room (designed for en-suite
or walk-in wardrobe)

2
double bedrooms

The
house has been built to a modern design with rustic features
(arched windows, bespoke internal woodwork etc).
It was designed to run
with both 12v and 230v plugs sockets and switches chased into
most rooms. It is designed to run independently off solar power
and Rayburn (central heating, hot water). It is also connected
to the mains; electric, water and phone, has an internet
capability, and TV. with 1.2m satellite dish fitted so it has
the best of both worlds.

The
heating system has been designed to eventually run off solar
heating panels or Rayburn (Rayburn works perfectly, but needs
panels to complete the job). The 350 Ltr boiler is compatible
with this system and was bought with this in mind. Hot water is
also available from gas bottles (system with boiler also
fitted). The house will come with one 75W Solar panel, and one
leisure battery (It will be up to you to purchase more as you
need to). Also 75W Wind Generator with fittings, but not fitted
at present.

We
have a small area of land adjoining the house with potential to
buy more for people interested. The garden has various fruit
trees including hazel, olive, apple, cherry, plum etc. The house
faces south on the upper edge of a quiet village with only a
handful of occupied houses. Behind the house are mountains
tracks which are great for off-road biking. It is high in a
valley with panoramic views. The local river has various
picturesque swimming spots that are mostly quiet but become
quite popular in August.

Note:
There are still a few small jobs to do on the house to call it
‘complete’. It was a working project and as such comes
unfinished (although perfectly good to live in). This needs to
be taken into consideration for any serious buyer. The jobs are
only at DIY level so are nothing to be concerned about, it will
be a shame not to finish it ourselves.